Independent software developers face the same pricing pressures and economic hurdles that independent authors face, and the same obstacles in trying to get products placed on store shelves or
accepted by mainstream publishers.
Not exact matches
This means a long, tedious process of sending queries to agents — most likely over a year or two, if not longer — because
mainstream publishers,
by and large, no longer
accept submissions directly from authors.
I can't guarantee that after working with me at this level your novel will be
accepted by an agent or
by a
mainstream publisher or small press — if, indeed, that is your preferred route to publication — but I can guarantee that it will be a better novel.